Shoe-form.



A. E. GOODWlN.

SHOE FORM,

APPLICAHON man NOV. 24. 1917.

Patented Nov. 19, 191&

ABRAHAM E. GOODWIN, OF NE'WBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS.

' SHOE-FORM.

- To all whom it may concern:

-Be it known that I, ABRAHAM Gooc- I WIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Newburyport, county of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Forms, of which the following is a'specification.

This invention relates to shoe forms and has for its object the production of a device,

of this character which will accommodate itself to various shapes and sizes of shoes.

The invention consists in a fore part preferably made of fiber board and having amember pivotally connected thereto, to which a rear part in the form of a toggle is pivotally connected, said toggle member consistl ing in part of a heel block movable about a horizontal pivot. The inventlon further consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hich will be fully understood 7 by reference to the description of the drawings and the claims to be hereinafter given. For the purpose of illustrating the -invention one preferred form thereof is illustrated in the: drawings, this form having;

% been" found to give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which the invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that the invention is not limited 'to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shownand described, except as required by the scope of the appended claims.

Of the drawings: i

Figure 1 represents a plan of a shoe form embodying the principles of the present invention. p I

Fig. 2 represents an elevation of the same, and

Fig. 3 represents 'a plan of the pivoted connection between the fore part and the rear part of the shoe form.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the several figures of the drawlngs.

In the drawings 10 is the fore part of a shoe form preferably made of fiber board and molded into the desired shape. The lower edge of the fore part 10 is provided with an inwardly extending flange 11, this flange being widened at the shank and secured to a connecting member 13 by means of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV, 19, 1918 Application as November 24, 1217. Serial No. 204,125.

the rivets let. To theupper face of the connecting member 13 is secured a plate 15 by means of rivets 16.

This plate 15 is preferably provided with a raised portion 17 on the upper face of which is superimposed a member 18 connected thereto by means of a vertical pivot 19 so that said member may oscillate trans part 10 about the axis'of .nected together by means of a bridge 23 preferably formed integral with said side members 22.

Each side member 22 is provided with a plurality of perforations 24 adapted to receive the outwardly extending pintles formed upon the front ends of a U-shaped wire 26, the rear end of which is provided with theeye 27 at right angles to the body portion of said U-shaped wire 26. This U- shaped member 26 is made of spring metal and is so constructed as to normally retain the pintles 25 in the perforations 24.

By pressing on the outer sides of the U- shaped ire 26 the front ends may be moved toward each other to disconnect the pintles 25 from the perforations 24 so that. they may be inserted into another pair of perforations 24 to shorten or lengthen the shoe form as desired.

The eye 27 is positioned groove 28 in the front face of a. heel block 29 said heel block being provided with a transversely disposed pin 30 which extends through said eye and permits said heel block to accommodate itself to vertical curvatures in the heel portions of the shoes in which said forms may be used.

Many shoes are now manufactured in which the heel is out of alinement with the fore part and the present shoe form is adapted to accommodate itself to such shoes by permitting the member 18 to move about the axis of the pivot 19.

When it is desired to place the form in a shoe the toggle 2226 is collapsed and the fore part 10 is placed in the shoe, and then the toggle link 22 is pushed downward to in a vertical lengthen the rear part, all in an obvious manner the connecting bridge providing suitable means for this downward pressure.

This connecting bridge 23 is always above the U-shaped wire 26 and when it is desired to break the toggle this breaking may be ac complished by a pressure of the finger on the under face of said connecting bridge.

It is believed that the operation and many advantages of this invention will be fully understood by the foregoing description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A shoe form comprising a fore part; a plate secured to the fore part and having a face approximately parallel to the lower plane of said fore part at the point Where said plate is secured to said fore part; a pivot mounted on saidplate and perpendicular to said face; a member adapted to swing about said pivot and having a pair of ears; two perforated side members pivotally connected to said ears and connected at their rear ends by a bridge; a U-shaped wire having outwardly extending pintles adapted to engage the perforations in said bars; and a heel block secured to the rear end of said wire.

2. A. shoe form comprising a fore part; a plate fixedly secured thereto and having a face approximately parallel to the lower plane oi said tore part at the point where said plate secured to said tore part; a pivot mounted on said plate and perpendicular to said face; a member adapted to swing about the axis of said pivot; and a rear part pivotally connected to said swinging member and movable in a plane perpendicular to the plane of movement of said swinging member.

3. A shoe form comprising a tore part; a U -shaped plate fixedly secured thereto; and having a face approximately parallel to the lower plane of said fore part at the point where said plate is secured to said tore part; a pivot mounted on said plate and perpendicular to said face; a member adapted to swing about the axis of said pivot; and a i. A shoe form comprising a fore part; it

a plate fixedly secured thereto and having a face approximately parallel to the lower plane of said fore part at the point where said plate is secured to said fore part; a pivot mounted on said plate and perpendicular to said face; a member adapted to swing about the axis of said pivot and having vertical earsgand a rear part pivotally connected to said ears and movable in a plane perpendicular to the plane of movement of said swinging'member.

5. A shoe form comprising a fore part; a plate fixedly secured thereto and having a face approximately parallel to the lower plane of said fore part at the point where said plate is secured to said fore pa-rt; a pivot mounted on said plate and perpendicular to said face; a member adapted to swing about the axis of said pivotand having vertical ears; and a rear part pivotally connected to said ears and consisting of a toggle link and heel piece movable'in a 7 plane perpendicular to the plane of movement of said swinging member.

6. A shoe form comprising a fore, part; a plate fixedly secured thereto and having a face approximately parallel to the lower plane'of saidv fore part at the Point where said'plate is secured to said fore part; a pivot mounted on said plate and perpendicular to said face; and a rear part pivotally mounted on said pivot and consisting in part of articulated members adapted to be moved in a plane perpendicular to'the plane of movement of said rear part about its pivotal connection with said plate.

Signed by me at l Post Ofiice Sq., Boston, Mas. this lath day of November, 1917.

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ll itnesses NATHAN C. Loinnann, Fnonnnon Mnnrnr.

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Washington, 3. G2 

